News Headlines - 18 September 2015

▽Portugal election race still in dead heat, no majority win - poll | Reuters

Portugal's election race remains in a dead heat, according to a poll published on Friday that showed neither the opposition Socialists nor the centre-right ruling coalition would gain a full majority in parliament.
The Oct. 4 election is a key test of the country's ability to consolidate its economic gains after a debt crisis and bailout, which Portugal successfully exited last year.

▽Obama to nominate first openly gay service secretary to lead the Army - The Washington Post

President Obama, in a historic first for the Pentagon, has chosen to nominate Eric Fanning to lead the Army, a move that would make him the first openly gay civilian secretary of one of the military services.

▽Volkswagen, Audi accused of using software to cheat US diesel emissions tests - CNET

For years we've been praising Volkswagen's TDI vehicles for their excellent blend of driving performance and fuel efficiency, but a recent claim by the US Environmental Protection Agency asserts that VW's diesel emissions may not be as clean as we've been led to believe.

▽Poker players targeted by card-watching malware - BBC News

Online poker players are being targeted by a computer virus that spies on their virtual cards.
The software shares the cards with the virus's creators who then join the same game and try to fleece the victim.

▽FIFA Suspends No. 2 Jérôme Valcke Amid Allegations He Profited on World Cup Ticket Sales - WSJ

Jérôme Valcke, FIFA’s secretary-general and its second-highest ranking official, sought to profit personally through the sale of a cache of World Cup tickets he controlled in 2014, emails disclosed Thursday suggest.